Crime & Safety
Border Patrol Seizes $218,000 in Cocaine in Diaper Bag
The seizure was just one in a busy week—the Border Patrol throughout San Diego County snagged $850,000 worth of meth, coke and marijuana in the first week of August.
Border Patrol agents last week seized nearly 22 pounds of cocaine found in the diaper bag of a motorist stopped at the San Clemente station south of town, authorities said.
The woman, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen, was driving a gray Chevy Trailblazer.
A drug dog indicated there were narcotics in the vehicle, and a search turned up six bundles of cocaine in the diaper bag in the back seat, agents said.
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An additional three bundles were found in the woman's purse, according to a press release.
The total estimated street value of the seized narcotics was $218,300.
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This was just one of several busts throughout San Diego County during the first week of August in which Border Patrol agents snagged $850,000 in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
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